Towards 5G
Maurizio Dècina
Politecnico di Milano
Prato Workshop, May 15th, 2017
Market Entry Benchmark of Wired and
Wireless Technologies with Projections
1Pbit/s
Multimode
Optical Backbone
100Tbit/s
10Tbit/s
560 Tbit/s
Capacity Limit
1,300-1,620 nm
Band
NG-PON2
1Tbit/s
10GPON
10Gbit/s
WLAN Access
1Gbit/s
802.11ag
100Mbit/s
10Mbit/s
1Mbit/s
802.11b
802.11
ISDN
10Kbit/s
1Kbit/s
GSM
1995
GPON
802.11n
ADSL2+
ADSL
100Kbit/s
WDM-PON
Optical Access
100Gbit/s
Vectoring
VDSL2
3G- Edge
802.11ac/ad
DSL Access
G.Fast
5G
LTE Beyond
LTE Advanced
LTE
Optical Backbone
Optical Access
DSL Access
WLAN Access
Cellular Access
HSPA
HSDPA
Cellular Access
GPRS
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
2030
2035
Source: M. Dècina, 2014, based on data by Bell Labs, G. Fettweis, and others
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Network Virtualization
Orchestration
Platform
Application
Server
AAA
DPI
Network-DC
Proprietary
HW & SW
Cloud Computing:
Network Virtualization
Virtual Network
Functions
Appl.
Server
AAA DPI
Network-DC
Network-DC
HyperVisor
Off-The-Shelf HW
& Open SW
(but radio &
optical interfaces)
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Cloud RAN: Fronthauling & Backhauling
CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface)
backhaul
Coax
Cable
RF Amp.
Radio
Baseband
Sync.
Layer-2
Layer-3
RRH
backhaul
Legacy Base Station
RF Amp.
Radio
Fronthauling
(100m → 10 km)
BBU
Central Office
CPRI
Remote site
Edge Computing:
BTS Virtualization,
Hetnets, …
Remote site
Traditional Architecture
Macro cells
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Small cells
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Cost of LTE GByte in North America
2014-2020
Source: Bell Labs, 2016
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IoT Market Applications
Transport & Logistics
Smart City
Massive
IoT
Environment
Monitoring
(climate, water,
air, noise,…)
Industry
Process monitoring
& control
Vending machines
Low cost
Low power
Low capacity
High number of devices
Automotive
Smart biking
Smart ligthing
Parking sensors
V2I, V2V, V2P, V2C
Car entertainment
Traffic control
Smart Building
Industry
Smoke detectors
Alarms
Domotics
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Goods & people protection
Device to device, 3D – Drones
Environment protection: earthquake/flooding
Smart metering
Capillary network
Agricolture
Agricolture & cattle
monitoring
Security
Public Enterprise
Fleet management
Asset tracking
People
Wereable sensors
Child/animals tracking
Healt care monitoring
Low Power
solutions
Source: Ericsson, 2015
Public Enterprise
Smart grid automation
Video surveillance
Mission
critical
IoT
Remote control
Factory automation
Collaborative robots
Medicine
Remote surgery
E-health: life critical
Biomedical sensing
Person-object interaction
Immersive augmented reality
Immersive gaming, Tactile internet
High-reliability, Low Latency
solutions
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High availability
High reliability
Low latency
High capacity
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IoT Communications Protocols
Cellular eats IoT!
LPWA
Cellular like
Source: A. Capone, Politecnico di Milano, 2016
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Diversified Challenges and Gaps to Reach 5G
5G
Latency
Throughput
Connections
Mobility
Network
Architecture
1 ms
10Gbps
1,000K
500km/h
Slicing
100x
1.5x
NFV/SDN
10K
350Km/h
Inflexible
E2E
Latency
GAP
30~50x
LTE
30~50ms
Per
Connection
100x
100Mbps
Connections
Per km2
High-speed
Railway
Ability
Required
Challenges because many of these requirements are conflicting
Source: Huawei, 2016
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5G Application Clusters
eMBB
• Full Virtualization (SDN/NFV)
• Heterogeneous Networks
• Adaptive Radio Interface (multiple
RATs)
• New Radio Spectrum (mmWave)
mMTC
cMTC/URLL
Source: ITU, 2015
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5G Application Verticals
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5G Vertical Sectors Requirements
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Mobile Edge Computing: Connected Car
Scenario
Fog Computing
Source: ETSI, 2016
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5G Network Slicing
Source: NGMN 5G White Paper, 2015
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Socio-economic benefits of 5G in EU28
€56bn Total cost of 5G in EU28 by 2020
5G could lead to the creation of 2.4 million jobs in EU28 by 2025
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Harmonized Spectrum for 5G: US vs. EU
Source: Telecom TV, 2016
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Fiber vs. 5G in the UK
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